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Eintracht Frankfurt football club is ranked amongst the top 5 clubs of Germany. Eintracht plays in the German Top-Division “Bundesliga” and more often regarded as the mid-table league team. The club has successfully participated in Bundesliga football for thirty three years and their best ever performance came in 1991/92 season when they finished just two points back to champion VFB Stuttgart football club. The club is successfully performing in the Bundesliga top-flight since 1963, relegated to Second-Division only on few occasions.

Eintracht Frankfurt football club has also enjoyed much of its success in competitions outside the Bundesliga. In 1967 they won their first international trophy “UEFA Intertoto Cup”, beating Inter Bratislava football club in the finals. The same year they also won the “Coppa delle Alpi” title. The club has also won the UEFA Cup title in 1980, beating Borussia Monchengladbach football club in the finals.

The titles and honours achieved by the Eintracht Frankfurt in the past years are:

Feyenoord Rotterdam football club is the most popular Dutch professional league team located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The club was officially founded on July 19, 1908. Feyenoord is ranked amongst the top 5 teams in Netherland, currently playing in the Dutch top-flight, Eredivisie. Feyenoord have a strong football history with many great moments in it. The club has won 14 Dutch Championships, 11 Dutch Cups and 2 Dutch Supercups including European Cup, two UEFA Cups and the International Cup.

Feyenoord Rotterdam football club has a long history in winning the major trophies. The club is performing in the Dutch top-flight since 1917 and won the first Eredivisie title in 1923/24 season, since then they are participating in the top division regularly without any relegation to second division. If we take a look into club’s performance records over the past few years, we will witness some of the best moments of football played over years in Netherlands.

Not only in Netherlands, but all over the world Feyenoord FC have a huge fan followeing. They opened a fan shop in the center of Tokyo, Japan when Shinji Ono was a key player at the club, and also in South Korea when Song Chong-Gug played for Feyenoord.

English Premier League has two domestic cups namely FA Cup and League Cup. FA Cup or the Football Association Challenge Cup is a ‘knockout’ competition in English football. This cup is named and organized by The Football Association. At present the cup known in the sponsored name i.e. FA Cup Sponsored by E.ON. FA Cup is world’s oldest association football competition. Read more..

Domestic cup of La Liga is Copa del Rey and it is the annual football competition for Spanish football teams. The full name of Copa del Rey is Campeonato de Espana. Copa del Rey competition was founded in the year 1902. FC Barcelona has won the cup for maximum number of times i.e. 25 times. Copa del Rey has been the “National Championship” of Spain’s football since 1903. The competition was first known as Copa del Ayuntamiento de Madrid. During 1905-32, the competition was known as Copa de Su Majestad El Rey Alfonso XII. There have been 12 original trophies throughout the history of Copa del Rey. If a club wins the competition for three consecutive times or five separate occasions, then the trophy is permanently awarded to that club. Copa del Rey was a national championship before the formation of La Liga. The winners of Copa del Rey will qualify for both Supercopa de Espana and UEFA Europa League.Read more..

UEFA Europa League is an annual football tournament which is arranged by UEFA. This tournament is the second most important tournament for European clubs. Previously this league was known as UEFA cup. From 2009-10 seasons this league is known as UEFA league. Most success teams of this event are Juventus (Italy), Liverpool (England) and Internzationali (Italy). They have won this tournament for three times. This tournament is second most prestigious tournament in Europe. For example ranking 5-6 teams of Spanish league are qualified for this tournament. Eliminated teams from Champions League group stages and third round qualifier are also play this tournament.

In the 1971-72 seasons this tournament was first played. Traditionally this competition was open for domestic league runners-up. From 1999 the winners of domestic league tournament have also entered to this tournament. There is a little change in the UEFA Europa League format from 2009-10 seasons. 16 more teams are qualified for this tournament since 2009. There are 12 groups in this tournament. And every group contains 4 teams. Top two teams from each group get promotion to the next round. Round robin is the system of group matches in this tournament. UEFA Europa League is one of the most popular football tournaments in the world of club football. A lot of popular football clubs participate in Europa League.

Generally UEFA Champions League is known as Champions League. This football tournament is organized by UEFA since 1955. Only top football clubs of Europe can play this tournament. So we can call this event as the biggest club football event in Europe. UEFA Champions League and UEFA cup both are not same. This two are different tournaments for different teams.

Total 32 teams are playing UEFA Champions League final. Total UEFA Champions League is a summation of some stages. 22 teams are qualified for UEFA Champions League automatically. And these teams are selected by UEFA co-efficient. This tournament begins in mid July with three knock out rounds and a play off round. After playing knock out rounds and play off rounds 10 winner teams get promotion to UEFA Champions League final. At group stage we there are 8 groups in Champions League. Four teams are in each group. And each group must not contain 2 teams which are from same country. Each team plays a home match and an away match against rest four teams. And two teams get promotion to next round from each team.

UEFA Champions League is undoubtedly one of the most popular football tournaments in the world. Champions League is one of the most watched football tournaments.